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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155121403321

Autore

Mbah Emmanuel M.

Titolo

Environment and identity politics in colonial Africa : Fulani migrations and land conflict / / Emmanuel M. Mbah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-29417-6

1-315-29416-8

1-315-29415-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 pages) : maps

Collana

Global Africa ; ; 2

Disciplina

967.1100496322

Soggetti

Fula (African people) - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands

Fula (African people) - Land tenure

Land settlement patterns - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands

Cattle - Environmental aspects - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands

Grazing - Environmental aspects - Cameroon - Bamenda Highlands

Cameroon Ethnic relations

Great Britain Colonies Africa Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The environment in colonial Africa -- British Cameroon grasslands of Bamenda : geography and history -- Heterogeneous societies and ethnic identity : Fulani and cattle migrations -- Resource conflicts : farmers, pastoralists, cattle taxes and disputes over grazing and land -- Towards a resolution : the land settlement question -- Transforming British Bamenda : cattle wealth and development -- Semi-autonomy for pastoralists : native authority and court for the Fulani -- Modernizing the minds : introduction Western education to the pastoral Fulani -- Managing development : grazing innovations -- Continuity and change : the limits of colonial modernization.